May 26, 2013

This is the Second Sunday of Pentecost and Memorial Day Sunday

Liturgist: 

Scripture:

Romans 5:1-5
5:1 Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

5:2 through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God.

5:3 And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

5:4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,

5:5 and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.

John 16:12-15
16:12 "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

16:13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

16:14 He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

16:15 All that the Father has is mine. For this reason I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

Preparing for Worship

Chimes

Welcome & Announcements

Prelude 

Words of Preparation

Hymn of Praise: #58  "This Is My Father's World                ALL

Call to Worship:
Leader: The vine emerges from the earth,
People: nourished by what has come before
and nourishing all that is to come.
Leader: Rises without visible connection;
People: Its roots are unseen; its promises are unknown.
Leader: So it is that we grow…
     nourished by invisible connections to the living God,
     called to nourish that which is seen and that which is yet buried within.
People: Praise God, our Creator, our Savior and our Comforter!

— adapted from a call to worship by Katherine Hawker for the Evangelical United Church of Christ. 

Invocation

The Lord's Prayer

Gloria Patri

A Time for Offering

Call to Offering

Offering Meditation

The Doxology

Prayer of Dedication

We Join in Prayer

Prayer Concerns & Celebrations

Act of Memory

Morning Prayer                                                               

Hymn of Praise:  #575  "Eternal Father, Strong to Save"             ALL

We Contemplate & Live God's Word

Scripture: John 16:12-15

Children's Sermon: Spirit of Comfort

Choir Anthem:

Scripture: Romans 5:1-5

Sermon: In It for the Long Haul

Invitation to Discipleship            

Hymn of Invitation: #375  "Jesus Calls Us"              ALL

Gathering at the Lord's Table

Call to Communion

Hymn of Communion: #493  "It Is Well with My Soul        1,4

Prayers of Thanksgiving

Words of Institution

Breaking Bread & Pouring the Cup

Musical Meditation

Partaking of the Lord's Supper

We Depart to Serve

Benediction

Parting Hymn: #602   "God Be with You"

Postlude